Gnome 3, which will be available to install in Ubuntu 10.04, will mark the first radical change to the Gnome Desktop since it’s inception, thanks to it’s “new” interface ‘Gnome-Shell’. Doing Things Better On first […]
Rhythmbox has been updated to 0.12.5, bringing with it new bug fixes and a new music-cover fetching feature. Codenamed “Stop Beathin’”, this new version brings 3 notable improvements: – Cover Art Search now uses discogs.com […]
The name of Ubuntu 10.04, the release due in April 2010, has been revealed as ‘Lucid Lynx’! Lynx’s Meat Lucid Lynx will be a LTS release (supported for 5 years) and will ship with Gnome […]
Below is a short tutorial on how to make Firefox space friendly. I have a netbook which my sister borrows from time to time and although my main browser is Opera 10 on it, my […]
One unique feature of Empathy is the ability to use Adium chat themes, which is great for those looking to have a different chat layout during IM’s. Since Empathy is the new default Messenger in […]
Alpha 6 of Ubuntu 9.10 has been released, and brings with it a few nice surprises. Alpha 6 (once you’ve run update manager) finally has the gorgeous new XSplash Screen. This is the xsplash design […]
Alpha 6 of Karmic Koala was due for release today, but has been postponed for a little longer to iron out some last minute bugs which have affected many alpha testers. (“affected” being an understatement!) […]
The 6th and final Alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala lands today – the 17th of September. Alpha 6 brings with it, as always, a truck load of bug fixes and tweaks as well […]
Karmic Beta 1 will be available to all in just TWO WEEKS time! Although nothing “new” as such will be present in the Beta, a lot of it will actually be “new” as in ‘the […]
NowPlaying and CoverGloobus are two methods for displaying currently playing track details, controls and artwork on your desktop. Screen What? NowPlaying is a screenlet and requires the Screenlets framework to work. You can install screenlets […]
Dust is one of the most popular Ubuntu themes. So much so that is even now included in Ubuntu by default. Applications Whilst all GTK applications can adapt to Dust fine, those not written in […]
You can stay informed of upcoming Ubuntu releases in your Google Calendar by importing an simple Release Schedule document. I will admit that this is purely for Ubuntu lovers and probably no-one else! I must […]